Knot My Line

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I am an atheist.  From the time I was sixteen years old I have been slowly evolving from an agnostic to an atheist.  Actually it all started back when I was 6 years old.  It was then that I discovered that the Tooth Fairy was just one of my family members.  Then about a year later when my belief in the Easter Bunny was shattered I was beginning to be suspicious of all of my beliefs.  It didn’t take more than a year for my belief in Santa Claus to be erased. 

From the age of 11 to 16 I was fascinated with God and  read the Bible numerous times.  However the more I read it the more it appeared to be another wonderful fairy tale.  Over the nearly 60 years that has ensued I have become increasingly hostile to all religions.   This hostility has been prompted by the various religions themselves.   Because of this hostility and total lack of belief, I have been told that I have no faith.  

No Faith!  That is completely incorrect.  I have massive amounts of faith.  Allow me to provide several examples.

I have absolute faith that either the sun will rise tomorrow as predicted or that it shall never rise again.

I have faith that when I drive my car down the highway, that the oncoming driver will remain in their lane and not enter mine and injure or kill me.   Furthermore, I am positive that a rigorous study would prove that this “miracle” occurs 100% more often than prayers are answered.   Actually, it has never been proven that what seems like the answer to even one prayer is anything other than a random coincidence.

I have reasonably strong faith that regardless of the time of day or day of the week that when I turn on the television, a commercial will be playing.  Occasionally my faith in this is shaken, but it is such a rare event that my faith is soon rewarded with more commercials.